BATH — United Way of Mid Coast Maine is looking to establish funding partnerships with area nonprofit agencies geared toward helping others. Agencies that haven’t received United Way funding before and “work to improve people’s lives in the core building blocks of education, financial stability, and health,” have until Nov. 1 to apply, the organization […]
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Former Merrymeeting workers join court case
BRUNSWICK — Former employees of Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates have hired Portland-based law firm Drummond Woodsum to represent their interests after the mental health services company unexpectedly closed April 1. The law firm filed papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland. Merrymeeting’s closing left nearly 200 employees without jobs. They are seeking legal support to advocate for […]
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Annual auction, sale benefit Harpswell fire departments
HARPSWELL — The Bailey and Orr’s Island Fire Department will host its 23rd annual auction and yard sale Aug. 13 and 14, to benefit the department’s training and rescue services. Maine history buffs looking for a good cause might take special interest in this year’s prized item: a block of granite from the original Cribstone Bridge, […]
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Brunswick police commander to lead Lisbon force
BRUNSWICK — Police Department Patrol Cmdr. Marc Hagan has been tapped to be Lisbon’s new chief of police. “We would like to congratulate Commander Marc Hagan on his new appointment as Lisbon’s Chief of Police. You will be missed!” the department posted to its Facebook page Wednesday morning. Hagan was a recent finalist for Freeport’s police […]
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Bath council puts $3.8M landfill project on ballot
BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously sent a $3.8 million landfill construction bond to a Nov. 8 referendum. The city also awarded a contract for the city’s fiscal 2017 paving program, and announced that it had finalized the sale of land on Andrews Road to a Portland developer. The Maine Department of Environmental […]
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Bath Police Beat: Aug. 5
Arrests 7/27 at 11 a.m. Roman Curran, 22, of Skehans Lane, West Gardiner, was arrested by Officer Brett McIntire on Water Street on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 7/28 at 3:30 a.m. Deborah Bailey, 43, address not listed, was arrested by Officer Nick Green on U.S. Route 1 on charges of operating under the […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: Aug. 5
Arrests 7/27 at 6:04 p.m. Hannah Glavin, 24, of MacMillan Drive was arrested on MacMillan Drive by Officer Todd Nicholson on a charge of domestic violence assault. 7/31 at 2:21 p.m. Pierre A. Triplett, 20, of Halls Ferry Road, St. Louis, Missouri, was arrested on Tibbetts Drive by Det. William Moir on a charge of theft by unauthorized […]
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Brunswick council gets Planning Board's opinion on Mere Point property
BRUNSWICK — The Planning Board on Tuesday approved a formal recommendation to the Town Council for the potential use of property at 946 Mere Point Road. The council is deciding whether to sell the 4-acre, waterfront parcel or turn it into a public park. Rather than endorse a specific outcome, the Planning Board listed a set […]
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Harpswell beach access proponents ask high court for do-over
HARPSWELL — The sun was shining Tuesday afternoon, and at least 30 people soaked up the rays at Cedar Beach. In Portland, meanwhile, Cedar Beach/Cedar Island Supporters filed a 16-page motion for reconsideration in response to a July 19 ruling by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court that struck down a lower-court decision securing a public easement on an […]
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Brunswick stocks panel as state inspects bridge
BRUNSWICK — In a previously unscheduled decision Monday, the Town Council allocated eight seats on the Design Advisory Committee for the Frank J. Wood Bridge. Brunswick was supposed to appoint members to the committee back when it was formed in June, but failed to act until the appointments were added at the last minute to the […]